I had to use artificial limbs yeah. made me a lot stronger. I found a portal at the end, but I didn't know how to enter it so I just happily delivered the head without knowing whats beyond the portal. Must try it!

Well the fact I beat the game so quick is 90% that I learned fast from my deaths. I also found out pretty fast which items are nesessary for victory. The rest 10% are just being extra carefull that I learned from nethack

Elpuri was a piece of cake. Hitted him for around 10 times with my meteoric thunder hammer +8 and turox +7 and thats it. The only thing from which I took damage in the end was pretty much just critical hits from valpurium golems

Hi!

I managed to beat the game and made it to the honor roll.
I'm somewhat new to IVAN (playing for a week or so) altho I've played nethack for almost a year and still not beaten it (bad luck I guess).

I dont feel being too lucky on this character. The first good item I found was the bronze thunder hammer and Turox on GC 1 and 3 not to mention all the nesessary res items and wands.

I was able to only pray Infuscor who granted me ESP/poly/telecontroll and 3 tele scrolls always when I prayed (not so good god imo). In some point he suddently got pissed at me and I started to pray to Dulcis(?!?!?!)[even worse god] who made me champion near the end.

I got to wish twice. first I got my AoLS and then wand of cloning. I started "pumping" my gear when I hit 25 int to a point I couldnt upgrade anything further with no means possible.

The spoilers were usefull help. Best tip was the god tip. Best luck to your adventures!